21 North Main: The Best Source for Used BooksJul 10 '00 (Updated Aug 10 '00) Write an essay on this topic.While it seems that Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble have a stranglehold on the new book market, 21 North Main, Inc. (www.21northmain.com) is establishing itself as the premiere source of used, rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books online. Founded to supply bibliophiles and library professionals with unmatched inventories of used and out-of-print books, 21 North Main, Inc. is now beginning to save all readers time and money. If you haven't figured it out already, I do have an affiliation with 21 North Main, Inc. I work as a consultant for the company; however, as an individual book buyer, 21northmain.com is my choice because I get the books I want at the prices I want. For instance, I recently purchased Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA, by Jayson Williams, and saved $5 versus the same purchase at barnesandnoble.com. Sure, I didn't get the crispiest dusk jacket or the smell of a new book, but I shopped online, saved money and read the same book - in very good condition. 21northmain.com allows users to search the inventories of more than 3,000 used-book dealers nationwide by title, author or keyword. If for some reason you have a problem, question or simply can't find the book you are looking for in 21 North Main's 13+ million titles, you can create an account and post your "wants list" on the company database and Web site until an answer or match is found. Unlike Amazon.com and other Internet sites, 21northmain.com has a zero-inventory approach, so when your books are found they are shipped directly from the dealer - saving you time and shipping-related expenses. Aside from individual buyers, 21 North Main specializes in opening doors for institutional buyers (mainly librarians) and books dealers. 21northmain.com is a single point of access and exchange for these two parties. Librarians can find large volumes of used, rare and out-of-print titles, and dealers of all sizes can reach customers from around the country. 21 North Main, Inc. provides the meeting place, search capabilities and bill handling. I have had great success with 21 North Main, Inc. and I am sure its services would be just as useful for all individual and institutional book buyers.  |
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